jackie is at the nymex. >> good morning, carl. the energy complex trading slightly lower across the board this morning. let's take a look at the west texas intermediate price, lower by about half a percent. brent price slightly more than that today. nat gas is the biggest loser, more than 2% of a decline there. temperatures across the country, not cold enough to keep that demand up right now. keep in mind, that the energy complex is fairly well supplied, as we head into the end of the year. meantime, the fiscal cliff, of course, is a concern here. but traders are saying that they do think we're going to get some sort of a deal within the foreseeable future. that's why prices are not breaking down even more than that. on the year, looking at wti, the price showing 7.25% decline. a quick look at how the metals are trading as well. gold is getting a bid today. those gains are somewhat muted. still under the 1,700 mark. copper is the bigger mover as we're looking at the pmi data out of china. last but not least, gold on track to show